Will wrote:It is up now, but the PDF of Karandavyuha is still a no show; except for the title page.

The PDF of the Kāraṇḍavyūha is now available. Looks like they fixed whatever technical problem was holding it back.

Thanks Michael. Interested to see that it is translated by Peter Alan Roberts - presumably the same person who has done some fine translations of mahamudra texts.

Again, not sure that I like the English rendition of the title, 'The Basket's Display', but like Lalitavistara, it seems to be a awkward thing to translate. There's an interesting discussion about the difficulties and ambiguities in the introduction.

Edwards: You are a philosopher. Dr Johnson: I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.

Then the bodhisattvas and divine sons throughout the ten directions uttered an expressionof joy:“An adept among beings, a lotus on the lake of wisdom, has appeared.Untainted by mundane concerns,He will cause a cloud of great compassion to mass,Which will shower throughout the realm of phenomena.

“The gentle rain of Dharma, medicine to living beings,Will cause all the seeds of the roots of virtue to sprout,Bring growth to the saplings of faith,And yield the fruits of liberation.”

Basically, there is not even one buddha, only great wisdom. Bodhisattva Hsuan Hua

just in case there is still anybody who can't download the text (The Basket's Display - Karandavyuha), please let me know by PM.

今以佛眼觀之佛與眾生同住解脫之床。無此無彼無二平等。Now, observing with the eye of the Buddha, both the Buddha and ordinary beings are in the same liberated state. There is neither this nor that: there is only non-duality and identity.- 空海 Kūkai in Unjigi 吽字義 The Meaning of the Letter Hūṃ - Kūkai on the Philosophy of Language by Takagi Shingen and Dreitlein Eijō_______Śrī Singha said to Padmasambhava:Since buddhas and sentient beings are inseparable and the same, it is necessary to respect all sentient beings as being on the same level with the buddhas. Can you? - translated by Malcolm N. Smith